Antisemitism, Antizionism, Jihadism and the Reunited Germany. News by Fred Alan Medforth
Centuries before the publication of Paris Match, verse 41 of Sura 8, “The Loot,” lays down the rules for dividing the proceeds of a robbery or theft made or taken by unbelievers – as long as there are any left, of course! Among Muslims, on the other hand, people are not allowed to steal from each other, and the punishment is especially severe!
Translation Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah
And know that of every booty you have collected, one-fifth belongs to Allah, the Messenger, his next of kin, the orphans, the poor, and the travelers (in need), if you believe in Allah and what we have sent down upon our servant, on the Day of Decision*: The Day when the two groups clashed, and Allah is Almighty.
A tweet from Damien Rieu
@DamienRieu
Islamization of crime: “Once we pay 20% of our gains to the mosque, the rest becomes legal”.
Michel #Houellebecq should read this article from Paris Match instead of claiming that crime and Islam have nothing to do with each other.
https://twitter.com/DamienRieu/status/1664272368490123266
Attached to this tweet is page 52 of Paris Match from June 1-7.
I can’t imagine that the journalist who wrote this article would do this if he wasn’t sure of his matter, given the risks he is taking, already the risk of a trial or some other much worse harm for sowing corruption on earth (note: criticism of Islam, verse 32, sura 5, this verse is often shortened to claim that Islam is not murderous). To be on the safe side, this information, which is not or dates back to the 7th century, should be matched with the sermon of an imam associated with Al Qaeda….
What should one conclude from this?
That some – I dare not say the* – mosques are not very squeamish about the origin of certain funds, I dare not say donations, that are transferred to them….
* I would like to thank you for supporting the mosque.
By Monica Showalter
First, there were low-flush toilets. Then, recycling shopping bags, famous for their germs. There were reusable tampons, reusable toilet paper, and calls to end disposable diapers. After that, Joe Biden declared war on showers.
It was always all about sustainability, health, and humanity, to save the planet.
Since then, the greenie left to come up with a new one, though: A war on washing laundry.
According to the BBC:
There’s a growing cohort of people who believe in washing clothes less – or not at all. Matilda Welin talks to the ‘no-wash’ and ‘low-wash’ believers.
The story features models for the movement like this guy:
For Szabo, the low-wash habit began when he bought his first pair of raw denim jeans in 2010. Travelling from his native Canada to Europe, he brought his jeans for the six-month trip. “It was a quirk about me that I had these stinky jeans,” he tells BBC Culture. “They smelled awful.” In Budapest he met his future wife, and the jeans became a character in their relationship. “My jeans would be in, like, a pile on the floor at the end of the bed,” he remembers. “You walked into the room, you could smell [them]… I was very fortunate that my wife was as interested in me as she was.”
And don’t think this isn’t part of some kind of plan from the left.
Sky high electricity rates brought on by greenie energy mandates has already made washing clothes costly, the Beeb noted. After Germany scrapped their nuclear plants in favor of greenie energy, electricity prices shot up more than 50% since 2021, and ten times higher than the pandemic’s start in 2020, so you can bet there are greenie enthusiasts of the ‘no wash’ movement in that “advanced” country.
But there have always been resisters, so the BBC noted that men and women were to be manipulated differently into embracing this ‘no wash’ movement:
Mac Bishop, founder of clothes company Wool & Prince, explains to Fast Company that he changed his focus on “convenience and minimalism”, which resonated well with male consumers – “particularly those who already disliked doing laundry” – when he started promoting his women’s brand, Wool&. Subjected to centuries of sexist laundry advertising, women would be less responsive to the idea of not washing their clothes, he theorised, and research backed him up, showing that, with women, environmentalism was a more effective reason to give.
The clothing magnate cited claimed it was not a big a problem to persuade the guys not to wash, but women in particular were to be targeted with the save-the-environment argument,
No wonder the left has been so big on useless practices that they know are useless, such as social distancing, and the wearing of masks, supposedly to combat COVID. While they have no value in fighting COVID, they work pretty well for the emerging ‘no wash’ movement.
COVID brought us social distancing for health’s sake.
Greenie fuel mandates drove up electricity costs for our own good.
It’s as if the homeless are unwitting models of sorts for the greenie left war on washing. And surprise, surprise, they’re found in biggest numbers in blue cities where the greenie left has the most influence.
Again and again, it comes to light that green is not clean. This war on personal hygiene is just the latest in the growing list of ‘gross’ coming from the left.
Pig-Pen Nation may be the plan, but it is not going to save the planet.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/06/the_greenie_left_declares_war_on_washing_clothes.html
Hindus and other religious minorities have long been the target of atrocities and discrimination in Pakistan. Unlike Muslims – the so-called minorities – in India, these Hindus in Pakistan never enjoyed any normal life let alone special rights and privileges. According to research, over 14,000 cases of gang rape, kidnapping, and religious conversion of Hindu girls have surfaced in the last 12 years.
Tired of the atrocities, several Hindu refugees have, over the years, came to India after escaping the terror and repression of the government in Pakistan with the hope that they would be able to live respectable life here.
However, when they found themselves fighting for the most basic amenities and facing different types of discrimination in some places in India, their hopes were completely shattered. Last month, innumerable Pakistani Hindus were rendered homeless after the Rajasthan Government decided to raze their homes to the ground with bulldozers. The arbitrary action was taken first in Jodhpur and then in Jaisalmer, forcing many Hindu women and children migrants to come out on the road in the scorching heat. A video of the incident was shared on social media in which migrant Hindus could be heard expressing their anguish over the action taken by the authorities.
When news of the Rajasthan government’s actions against these Pakistani Hindus emerged, the plight of these Pakistani immigrants once again became a subject of discussion in the public discourse.
Following this bulldozing operation, numerous media outlets conducted on-the-ground reports at both locations. The hardships these migrant Hindus were facing in Pakistan and the hostility they encountered from Indian systems and people were extensively covered for the first time by mainstream media outlets. The depressing accounts of these Hindus showed not only how inhumanely religious minorities are treated in Islamic countries, but also serve as a sobering reminder of the amount of support that Hindus must provide to their fellow brothers and sisters who also call India their motherland.
While speaking with the media, many said that they had fled Pakistan after becoming victims of rape and kidnappings. They unanimously said that they felt their lives were in danger in the neighbouring country.
Aaj Tak journalist Mridulika Jha also travelled to Jodhpur to report from the ground. She spoke with a number of Hindu refugees who not only discussed the difficulties they had in Pakistan that compelled them to run to India but also the challenges they are currently experiencing in India that are unfortunately escalating their suffering.
Mridulika Jha spoke to a Pakistani Hindu refugee named Vishnumal in the Chokhan area of Jodhpur. He had fled Pakistan on the pretext of coming for a pilgrimage to Haridwar and went to Jodhpur and settled there instead. He said while weeping profusely, “There we had to abandon our house, here our house has been destroyed. How much suffering do we have to endure in one life?”
Zamindari is a system of land ownership in which large landowners, known as zamindars, control large tracts of land and rent it out to smaller farmers. The system was introduced by the Mughal Empire in the 16th century and continued under British rule. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the Zamindari system was abolished, but, surprisingly, its legacy continues to shape the social and economic landscape of Pakistan.
Hindus in Pakistan continue to experience hardship as a result of the oppressive Feudal (Zamindari) system. According to Vishnumal, his family used to work in the fields for a month as slaves in Mirpur, Pakistan. However, they used to just receive daily pay for 15 days. “We resigned ourselves to our fate because the situation was so dire. We were aware that we would have to work the full month but receive payment for only 15 days,” Vishnumal recalled.
Another Hindu refugee Shivhari, who claimed to have owned a shop in Pakistan, said that it is only because of his daughter that he is currently wandering around India. Shivhari revealed that his daughter use to top her class but still, he was unable to send her to school. His son also used to get physically assaulted at school. He was mocked by being referred a Kafir, he lamented.
While recounting his story, Kishan said that they had arrived in India with bare minimum belongings. He recalled how they had plastered all the posters of Hindu gods and goddesses put up in their old house in Sindh, Pakistan, with cow dung to prevent sacrilege. According to Kishan, the situation of Hindus in Pakistan is comparable to that of a daughter-in-law who moved into a wealthy in-law’s home from a destitute home. The person is required to accomplish all the work alone before demanding everyone else’s cooperation.
According to Kishan, Hindus who have daughters are compelled to leave Pakistan. Revealing that he has three daughters. Kishan lamented, “How long can you keep your girls locked in the house?” I decided to come to India for this reason.” However, he noted that leaving Pakistan was not that simple. As soon as he began the passport registration process, the news spread like wildfire. He started receiving lesser wages. He did not even have money to provide his children with two square meals a day.
Over time, things got so dire that his wife was compelled to feed the kids a mixture of flour and water to keep them alive. He stated that his son had become as frail as a light ball. Everybody became incredibly hostile towards them. Even going to temples became a major challenge. His wife was stopped if she was seen with religious offerings. His kids also could not step out of the house. The situation became so unfavourable, that they decided to leave Pakistan, said Kishan, adding that his wife tied tulsi leaves in her saree as a good luck charm when he left for India.
Several Hindu refugees narrated their heart-wrenching tales of atrocities faced by them in Pakistan to reveal how unsafe girls are in Pakistan. A Hindu refugee who came from Sindh in Pakistan lamented how his 16-year-old daughter was forcefully married off to a 70-year-old man in Sindh. He said that his teenage daughter Aastha was converted and named Amina.
Further recalling the Pakistan authority’s apathy towards the Hindu minorities, he said that when his family members reported the incident to the authorities they said, “Be thankful that your daughter was not raped, killed and thrown in the river.”
The Hindu refugee lamented that one of the main reasons they restrict their girl children from attending school once they reach the ages of 8 to 10 is that they will undoubtedly be kidnapped, gang-raped, converted, and either killed or married off to older Pakistani men.
Aastha’s mother also told the journalist, “Unlike you, we cannot roam around freely in Pakistan without covering our face.”
The Hindus who fled Pakistan and came to India are struggling to meet their basic needs every day. Most of these refugees have been living in India for quite some time but they said that the hardships they had to face in Pakistan have not yet been erased from their memories. Hindus stated that in Pakistan, there is no difference between meat and women. “Had we stayed back, our women would have been torn to shreds.”
Recalling their plight, Hindu refugees recalled how many women were forced to flee leaving their newborn children behind in Pakistan.
A Hindu refugee who identified herself as Poonam told the Aaj Tak journalist that she was forced to abandon her 4-day-old baby and flee to India. She implored the journalist, sobbing uncontrollably, to reunite her with her infant.
Poonam was, however, not the only Hindu refugee who was forced to abandon their children. Many such women who fled and came to Jodhpur in 2023 narrated their unfortunate plight. Some gave away their infant to their neighbours, while others left their newborns with their maternal uncle or kin, they bemoaned. These women, who looked extremely disoriented, said that they break down every time they hear their kids’ voices on the phone. One woman, who was suffering from similar pain, lamented that she wanted to end her life by jumping off a cliff.
Some Hindu refugees spoke about the different types of discrimination they face in Pakistan as well as in India. They said that they were discriminated against as Kafirs in Pakistan. Now, in India, they are discriminated against as Pakistanis. “Here, we are often referred to as terrorists, one Hindu refugee Shyama said.
Shyama added that those Hindus who were living comfortably in Pakistan are ready to give up all their comforts and come to India because even for them, the safety of their daughters is paramount.
Notably, a recent Human Rights Observer 2023 fact sheet revealed that in the year 2022, as many as 124 women belonging to minority communities were forcefully converted to Islam in the Islamic country. Out of this, 81 were Hindu, 42 were Christian and one was Sikh.
Further, the fact sheet revealed that 23 per cent of girls were below 14 years of age, 36 per cent of them were between the age of 14 and 18 years, and only 12 per cent of the victims were adults, while the age of 28 per cent of the victims was not reported.
In 2022, 65% of cases of forced religious conversion were reported in Sindh, 33% in Punjab, and 0.8% in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, respectively.
https://www.opindia.com/2023/06/pakistan-hindu-migrants-rajasthan-reveal-atrocities-hardships/
Unknown persons have cut and scratched centuries-old paintings in Hamburg’s main churches St. Petri and St. Jacobi in the city centre. What is striking: Jesus’ throat was slit with a knife, slaughtered, so to speak… (photo above)
Presumably, the perpetrators this time are not the doom-mongers of the climate-glue terrorists, as the paintings were not sullied with tomato sauce, but brutally slashed with a pointed object, probably a knife. So far unknown persons have cut and scratched centuries-old paintings in Hamburg’s main churches St. Petri and St. Jacobi in the city centre between May 26 and 31.
In the St. Petri church alone, seven paintings were damaged. Among them is the famous work “Christ as Man of Sorrows” by Master Francke, created around 1435, which hangs as a copy in the church. According to the newspaper Bild, the priceless original has been in the Hamburg Art Gallery since 1924. The painting “The Birth of Christ” by Gottfried Libalt (1649) is different. A deep scratch runs across the neck of the infant Jesus.
The damage will probably amount to tens of thousands. Sexton Martin Meier estimates the restoration costs at 50,000 to 80,000 euros. Meier is deeply shocked and laments: “We help everyone here, we have social projects. Such acts endanger our work, we then have to close our church. I am deeply angry and shocked.” Quite obviously, the churchman has now realised how close the impacts have already come. Because: For years, church desecrations have been on the increase in the best Germany we have ever had. Statues of saints are spat upon, crosses are desecrated, people urinate in holy water basins. This was the case in Nordhausen, Thuringia. There, a 25-year-old Afghan “refugee” smashed a crucifix that had been rescued from the rubble after the bombing of Nordhausen in the Second World War. Just one case out of thousands on which the churches with an affinity to Islam remain silent.
Islamic hatred of Christian values, however, is not limited to Germany, but is just as vehemently concealed in other European countries that are “enriched” by Muslims. The arson in the cathedral of Nantes, for example, briefly sparked a debate about a concealed culture war and revealed the extent of attacks on Christian symbols in Central Europe. Churches, chapels, cemeteries, even summit crosses by Muslims are on the increase.
Two days ago, a Christian youth was handed down a death sentence on a blasphemy charge by a district and sessions court of Bahawalpur in Pakistan. A fine of Rs 20,000 was also imposed. The accused is identified as a 19-year-old boy named Noman Masih, a resident of Islami Colony Bahawalpur, around 400 kilometres from Lahore.
A complaint was filed against Nauman Masih in 2019 under section 295-C of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), and he was taken into custody by the Baghdadul Jadeed police. He was charged with establishing a WhatsApp group and disseminating blasphemous content critical of religious figures. Additional District and Sessions Judge Hafeezur Rehman Khan heard the case. Witnesses and forensic evidence were reportedly provided in the court.
“The prosecutors presented the forensic record of Masih’s cellphone which proved that he shared the blasphemous content through WhatsApp. Besides some witnesses were also presented in the court,” a court official informed.
The mobile phone the offender used to manage the WhatsApp group and distribute the offensive content was also found by the police investigators. He will serve additional six months in prison if is unable to pay the fine of Rs 20,000. He has already spent four years behind bars after his arrest.
Noman Masih was accused of blasphemy for allegedly carrying blasphemous images in his mobile phone, and the First Information Report (FIR) was registered against him under Section 295-C, which has a mandatory death sentence.
Whoever defiles the sacred name of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) through words, either spoken or written, or by visible representation, or by any imputation, innuendo, or insinuation, directly or indirectly, shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to a fine, according to Section 295-C of the Islamic penal code in Pakistan.
Blasphemy is a crime that carries a death sentence in multiple Islamic countries, including Pakistan. Accusations of blasphemy are extremely sensitive in the country and even unverified claims incite crowds which result in severe violence and death. In many cases, those charged are murdered by throngs before the commencement of legal proceedings. The already marginalised minorities, particularly Hindus are the prime targets of such allegations.
https://www.opindia.com/2023/06/pakistan-christian-youth-sentenced-to-death-over-blasphemy-charge/
The hashtag “#StolzMonat” or “Pride Month” in German was trending on Twitter yesterday, garnering over 50,000 tweets. However, it was not a celebration of June’s LGBT Pride Month but instead a critique of it, with German conservatives and anti-woke activists substituting the rainbow flag with the German flag.
The hashtag ranked first in Twitter’s trending section at one point yesterday, highlighting the growing culture war in Germany. It was picked up in other countries as well.
The left, and increasingly corporate and government entities, uses Pride Month every year around June to express solidarity with gays, lesbians, transgenders and other sexual or gender minorities. Many companies now change their corporate logos to rainbow colors in June, launch advertisements around LGBT pride, and sell LGBT-themed products.
However, for the first time, German critics of Pride Month have launched a counter-campaign. Anyone who would rather celebrate Germany than the “LGBTQ community” can express their national pride by posting a profile picture with a black, red and gold background. In addition, it is important to use the hashtag “Stolzmonat.” which is the literal translation of “Pride Month.”
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has been promoting the hashtag, and some of its politicians, including Bjorn Hocke, have changed their profile photo to reflect the trend.
The party also added the German flag to its Twitter profile picture.
“The traffic light celebrates in its absurd parallel world not only #PrideMonth but also #PrideYear, while completely ignoring the real and self-created problems of the people in the country,” the party wrote. The parliamentary group in the Bundestag followed suit a little later.
The AfD’s Young Alternative (JA) has also promoted “Pride Month.” The youth wing is currently under surveillance by Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, the Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), which the AfD says is politically motivated to harm the party’s image.
The JA in Baden-Württemberg wrote: “Black-red-gold is colorful enough.”
The Social Democrats (SPD) expressed their anger over the campaign on Twitter, writing: “We won’t let #PrideMonth be spoiled for us. Happy Pride to everyone!” the party account wrote, adding the rainbow as well as transgender flag to the post. The SPD also shared a meme to express their dissatisfaction with the campaign, but the image was repurposed and mocked by conservative activists.
AfD supporters have also used “Pride Month” while pointing to yet another poll placing the AfD at 18 percent, following one from INSA just a few days ago that also showcased AfD at 18 percent.
Since this weekend, a six-man security force has been patrolling an outdoor swimming pool near Stuttgart because the operators asked for help after sex attacks on girls and young women. The youngest perpetrator is only 13, a Syrian (23) is now in custody.
The season has barely started and there is trouble at the Inselbad in Stuttgart’s Türkheim district. Last weekend alone, seven girls and young women were victims of sexual assault there, according to the police. The youngest of the perpetrators caught so far is only 13 years old. He approached two teenagers (both 18) in the swimming pool and grabbed their bottoms. He was taken away and later handed over to his parents because he was of legal age.
A little later, a girl (12) sounded the alarm. Two young men had approached her in the water and touched her private parts. The two were caught. The main perpetrator was brought before a magistrate. The judge ordered the Syrian to be held in custody.
Also in the family pool, four men aged between 20 and 30 allegedly indecently touched four schoolgirls (12, 13, 14, 15) on Whit Monday. One of the suspects (29) was arrested, the police are still looking for witnesses to the incidents. In total, seven girls aged between twelve and 18 were sexually molested within a few hours, and four suspects have been arrested so far.
Stuttgart’s mayor Frank Nopper reacted immediately during the week and ordered a six-man security team from the public order office to the open-air swimming pool for the current weekend: “Our open-air swimming pools should be safe places where all visitors can feel comfortable,” he said.
This had recently become more and more difficult due to certain groups of visitors: “The inhibition threshold is simply very low with them,” confirmed a pool attendant.
https://exxpress.at/nach-sex-attacken-durch-syrer-eigene-security-fuer-freibad-gaeste/
Perhaps Joint Chiefs chairman, Gen. Mark Milley once had a hope of winning the Medal of Honor or winning a war, but those dreams are long dead. He’ll settle for leaving office and beginning a lucrative career of putting his military experience to use for defense contractors, foreign governments or whoever.
Speaking of foreign governments, considering his French-like military track record, he’s getting a Medal of Honor from the French.
French President Emmanuel Macron awarded France’s highest medal of honor to the U.S. Joint Chiefs chairman, Gen. Mark Milley…
Macron awarded Milley the order of Commander of the Legion of Honor at a closed ceremony at the Élysée, the presidential palace. The medal was created by French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802. It is awarded to about 2,000 citizens and about 300 foreigners each year for defense of French values.
Surrender and appeasement? At least there’s one country that honors that.
Mark Twain once joked that every waiter in France had the Légion d’Honneur. Gen. Milley gets to have his own addition to his potato salad.
Other recipients of the Légion d’Honneur include Vladimir Putin, Jeff Bezos, Jesse Jackson, Jerry Lewis, and Harvey Weinstein so… Gen. Milley is in good company?
You can buy a used one for around $200 bucks so if Gen. Milley ever needs to buy a really nice bottle of wine in Paris, he can cash it out.
Better men have done it. Much better men. So Gen. Milley will just probably put it on a shelf and in his bio.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/france-honors-gen-milley-for-defending-french-values/
